driffield navigation guide

 

• text formatting
• name and date conventions
• proofreading & spelling
• cut & paste from word processor /rich text editor etc
• inline images
• links
• tables
• WYSIWYG editor (safari and javascript)

text format conventions: (this applies both to the text of titles and content)

• Emphasis: do not use uppercase (capital letters) to emphisise words: LIKE THIS. This is bad because (a) it make it harder to read when scanning and more importantly (b) text-to-speech browsers used by people who have difficulty reading on screen will read each capital letter separately as though it is an acronym like DNT (dee-en-tee), so 'THIS' would be read 'tee-aitch-eye-ess'. Imagine how annoying that would be! If you want a word or phrase to stand out, select it and click the Bold button or Italic button from the toolbox.
• Date Conventions: when you include a date in your content or title that you want to be picked up by the site search engine, please use the numeric form:  for decades use 1760s rather than Seventeen Sixties,  and for centuries use c18th rather than 18th century. You don't have use this convention all the time, but make sure any significant date appears in numeric form at least once in your article. Also be aware of the seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn) and abbreviate the names for the twelve months (January, February, March ... etc).
• Place names can vary alot, especially when we're dealing with very local locations. Spellings will vary - especially through history - eg Snakeholm and Snakeholme. In which case I have used the spellings given on the OS 1:25000 map of the area. The site search engine is currently not very good at picking up variant spellings. A bigger problem is that a given place may have a number of colloquial names, eg Town Lock is, or has been, also known as Top Lock and Sheepwash. Many people also refer to Riverhead as Canal Head. For guidance on the convention used by this site I have tried to compile a list synonyms for place names.

proofreading:

• Typos: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.
• Spellchecking is not currently available on the inbuilt editor. Your best bet is to cut&paste to your favourite wordprocessor and use that spellchecker. I do hope to implement spell checking on the site soon, which will make life easier for all of us :)

 including images:  If you want to insert an image or two into your article, you will generally have to upload it from your computer to the website [image archive] first. If the image you want to use has already been uploaded to the website by you or someone else, you can skip [how to upload an image] and go straight to [including an image in your article]

1. click the [fig] upload image icon from the toolbox. This opens the image archive browser window.
2. use the 'upload' button if the image you want is not already in the archive. This allows you to upload the image from your desktop to the archive, so that it can be included in your article. Fill in the form (which is just like creating any other article, except for the Image field - don't forget to tell it where to upload your image from!).
3. when the image you want is in the archive use the 'browse images' menu to navigate around the archives to find the one you want.
4. click once on the image title and it appears in the preview pane. It shows the picture (not actual size), its title and its pixel dimensions in brackets.
5. select and edit the options
6. finally click 'insert', a placeholder appears in your article. (you have to close the archive browser window